Search for pair production of second generation scalar leptoquarks in pp¯ collisions at s=1.96 TeV
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
We report on a search for the pair production of second generation scalar leptoquarks (LQ2) in pp¯ collisions at the center-of-mass energy s=1.96 TeV, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 294±19 pb−1 recorded with the DØ detector. No evidence for a leptoquark signal in the LQ2LQ¯2→μqμq channel has been observed, and upper bounds on the product of cross section times branching fraction were set. This yields lower mass limits of mLQ2>247 GeV/c2 for β=B(LQ2→μq)=1 and mLQ2>182 GeV/c2 for β=1/2. Combining these limits with previous DØ results, the lower limits on the mass of a second generation scalar leptoquark are mLQ2>251 GeV/c2 and mLQ2>204 GeV/c2 for β=1 and β=1/2, respectively.
Recommended Citation
Kryemadhi, Abaz, "Search for pair production of second generation scalar leptoquarks in pp¯ collisions at s=1.96 TeV" (2006). Educator Scholarship & Departmental Newsletters. 51.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/mps_ed/51
Comments
Published as: Abazov, V. M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B. S., Adams, M., Adams, T., … Zverev, E. G. (2006). Search for pair production of second generation scalar leptoquarks in pp¯ collisions at s=1.96 TeV. Physics Letters B, 636(3–4), 183–190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2006.03.056